Social media has been around since the late 70s, but what social networks started the current trend?
MySpace webpage 2003
2003: Myspace was one of the first most popular social medias. MySpace was founded by Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe. MySpace was a social media designed to connect with friends, post pictures, and talk about your interests. Most music artists would post their music here to gain popularity. There are roughly 50,600,000 active users.
2004: Facebook. The founder is Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook is a social site meant to post pictures and stories about your life. Facebook is so popular 1,68 billion people have active accounts.
2005: YouTube was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. YouTube is used for posting videos. Everything from music videos, to cats falling off tables is posted on YouTube. This network is also a way to make income, through ads you can make a good sum of money. In 2016 YouTube got 30 million+ visitors per day.
2006: Twitter was born. The founders are Evan Williams, Noah Glass, Jack Dorsey and Biz stone. Twitter's purpose is to connect with others, and 'tweet' about your life. Almost everyone from the President to schools have twitter accounts. In 2016 Twitter had 317 million active users.
Vine
2007: Tumblr was founded. Tumblr is one of the hardest to understand out of all the social medias, but is one of the most fun. The creator of the site David Karp said "why would the World need Tumblr? I wasn't sure it did. But I did" Karp was saying that he made Tumblr because that is what he wanted. In 2013 Tumblr was estimated to have 30 to 50 million users.
2010: Instagram was released. Instagram is a social media network made to share pictures with small captions. Instagram was founded by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, but was bought by Facebook in 2012. Later in 2012 after only 2 years of being out, it had 80 million users.
2011: Snapchat was released. The creators are Reggie Brown, Evan Spiegel, and Bobby Murphy. Snapchat is a social network where you communicate to others with pictures and a limited amount of words. The network did not become popular until 2015 with as many as 100 million active users daily.
2013: Vine was created. Vine is a network where you can post 6 second videos and share with everyone, it is quite similar to Instagram in that way. The founders are Dom Hoffman, Rus Yusupov, and Colin Kroll. Within the year, Vine had over 40 million users.Twitter recently bought Vine for $12 million, and then shut down Vine on January 17 2017.
Example of Snapchat
How this connects: Social media plays a big part in computers as almost everyone and their grandma has some kind of social media account. In 2015 65% of adults used social media, and that number has likely gone up in the past two years. Overall, most of the population has a phone or computer that connects to the internet, and social media, therefore making it easier to be convinced to buy into the network and connect with others.
MAJOR SOCIAL MEDIAS THROUGH THE YEARS
Social media has been around since the late 70s, but what social networks started the current trend?
2003: Myspace was one of the first most popular social
medias. MySpace was founded by Tom Anderson and
Chris DeWolfe. MySpace was a social media designed
to connect with friends, post pictures, and talk about
your interests. Most music artists would post their music
here to gain popularity. There are roughly 50,600,000 active users.
2004: Facebook. The founder is Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook
is a social site meant to post pictures and stories about your
life. Facebook is so popular 1,68 billion people have active accounts.
2005: YouTube was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen,
and Jawed Karim. YouTube is used for posting videos.
Everything from music videos, to cats falling off tables
is posted on YouTube. This network is also a way to make income,
through ads you can make a good sum of money. In 2016
YouTube got 30 million+ visitors per day.
2006: Twitter was born. The founders are Evan Williams,
Noah Glass, Jack Dorsey and Biz stone. Twitter's purpose
is to connect with others, and 'tweet' about your life. Almost
everyone from the President to schools have twitter accounts.
In 2016 Twitter had 317 million active users.
2007: Tumblr was founded. Tumblr is one of the hardest to
understand out of all the social medias, but is one of the most fun.
The creator of the site David Karp said "why would the World
need Tumblr? I wasn't sure it did. But I did" Karp was saying
that he made Tumblr because that is what he wanted. In 2013
Tumblr was estimated to have 30 to 50 million users.
2010: Instagram was released. Instagram is a social media network
made to share pictures with small captions. Instagram was founded by
Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, but was bought by Facebook in 2012.
Later in 2012 after only 2 years of being out, it had 80 million users.
2011: Snapchat was released. The creators are Reggie Brown,
Evan Spiegel, and Bobby Murphy. Snapchat is a social network where
you communicate to others with pictures and a limited amount of words.
The network did not become popular until 2015 with as many as 100 million
active users daily.
2013: Vine was created. Vine is a network where you can post
6 second videos and share with everyone, it is quite similar to Instagram
in that way. The founders are Dom Hoffman, Rus Yusupov, and Colin Kroll.
Within the year, Vine had over 40 million users.Twitter recently bought Vine
for $12 million, and then shut down Vine on January 17 2017.
How this connects:
Social media plays a big part in computers as almost everyone and their grandma has
some kind of social media account. In 2015 65% of adults used social media, and that number
has likely gone up in the past two years. Overall, most of the population has a
phone or computer that connects to the internet, and social media,
therefore making it easier to be convinced to buy into
the network and connect with others.
Social Media though the years>>>>
https://zephoria.com/top-15-valuable-facebook-statistics/
http://www.infoplease.com/science/computers/social-media-timeline.html
http://wersm.com/the-complete-history-of-instagram/
http://googlepress.blogspot.ca/2007/11/myspace-and-google-join-forces-to_01.html
http://www.davidslog.com
https://smallbiztrends.com/2016/05/popular-social-media-sites.html
http://www.nielsen.com/us/en/insights/news/2012/social-media-report-2012-social-media-comes-of-age.html
http://www.digitaltrends.com/features/the-history-of-social-networking/
__https://fortunelords.com/youtube-statistics/__
Multiple choice
In 2015 what percentage of adults used social media?
a) 35%
b) 66%
c) 65%
d) 10%
What network bought Vine for $12 million?
a) Twitter
b) Instagram
c) MySpace
d) Facebok
2003 was the year was relesed?
a) Twitter
b) MySpace
c) Facebook
d) Instagram
Evan Williams, Noah Glass, Jack Dorsey and Biz Stone founded what network:
a) Instagram
b) YouTube
c) Twitter
d) Vine